Improvement in drawer-pulls



W. N. WEEDEN.

DRAWER-PULL. N.173,248. Patented Feb. 8, 1876.

PETERS, PHOTOLITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON, D

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM N. WEEDEN, OF WATERBURY, CONN., ASSIGNOR TO THE BENEDICT AND BURNHAM MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN DRAWER-PULLS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 173,248, dated February 8, 1876; application iiled January 24, 1876.

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` of Waterbury, in the county of New Haven l in- Figure l, side view; Fig. 2, longitudinal section.; Fig. 3, the two parts in longitudinal section.

This invention,relates to an improvement in that class ci' drawer-pulls in which the knob is hungl by a ball-joint to the socket.

In the usual construction, the socket has been made of cast metal, and the ball hung therein. The object ot' this invention is to construct the. socket from sheet metal, struck or drawn into shape, and attached to the shank without the necessity of soldering; and it consists in constructing the socket of sheet metal, and the shank with a head to enter the base of the socket, the edge of which is closed over the said head, all as more fully hereinafter described.

` A is the socket, which is struck into the required form, to receive the ball of the knob in the usual manner; B, the shank, which is formed as a means of securing the socket to the drawer-front, preferably of sheet metal,

and with a head or annular lia-nge, a. The i base b ot' the socket is constructed open. and of a diameter corresponding to the head a ot' the shank, and so as to form a shoulder, d. Into the base ofthe socket,'and against the shoulder, the head of the shank is set, and then by suitable dies, or otherwise, that portion of the base projecting beyond the edge of the socket is turned down over the head, as seen in Fig. 2, thus securing the two parts firmly together, Without the necessity of soldering, or other device than that furnished by the socket.

This construction enables the production ot' a sheet-metal socket and shank; but the shank may be cast, it' desirable, it only being essential that the head be introduced within the base of the socket, and the edge of that 

